Third of a way to my goal, haven't noticed much difference.

To add to my previous post my Osteo Arthritis has improved imensely. Every pound counts when it comes health.

Our perceptions are often skewed when it comes to visually judging ourselves. Don't be so hard on yourself you have changed, you must have as you have lost over 30 lbs. That is amazing.

Similar stats and truthfully, I had hard time seeing difference until I was out of 190s. Other’s could but I really think we are a bit blind to it. For me, I was so unhappy with my appearance that even knowing the loss and the inches gone, it didn’t feel like anything had changed. Once I was in the 80s, changes became noticeable to me. So keep going!!! Where you are now is the hardest place to be but then it gets exciting to see the changes!

It takes awhile to start noticing changes because we see ourselves everyday. Especially if you have been bigger for a good part of your life, it may take some time to see it. For me at my heaviest, I didn’t look in the mirror much. And then, when the scale started moving, I would look and still not like the image in front of me. So I would think oh I must be the same even though I wasn’t. But measurements like someone else stated really helped me to “feel” different. Hope that make sense to you.

And about others notice that can take awhile too. The people closest to you likely know because you have told them. Co-workers and such may notice in time. And when they do notice don’t always say something to you.

Just remember, you are doing great

Try a size down in bra. Also I noticed after 25 lbs my tops got longer..... tops 2x to xl or x and I went from 20/22 to size 16 (a couple of 14s and a couple of 18s). I went down from 42DD to 38DD. Also bathroom stalls got big, so did my bathtub. However if you were stretchy clothes they stretch smaller too....which is why it’s hard to notice weight gain unless you get on the scale.

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My goal is to lose 90lbs. I'm 1/3 of the way to my goal and I'm still wearing the same sizes that I started out wearing. I still look the same and I still feel the same.

When did y'all start noticing changes and/or start losing sizes? I saw a recent picture of myself taken from 1/4 behind and I don't look any different at all.

I'm female, aged 55.
SW 225
CW 193
GW 135

When I was losing weight I found many other changes before I saw the visible ones.

I could get up the stairs much easier
Hell, I could get out of the chair much easier
I could sit comfortably on the floor
Cross my legs
I found myself naturally more active, more busy
I found I had more energy over time
Go out into the garden to do some work, and found it much less exhausting

It goes on.....

I wonder, if you sit and think about how things were 30lbs ago, whether you will see similar?

I've been every weight between 193 and 140 (5'11). I've been "battling the bulge" now for 8 years (since I lost 50lbs). I've been pretty successful to not gain it all back, but I do tend to fluctuate 20lbs or so each year (yes, that's a lot for some, but I gain it all over so it takes a bit to notice).

During my first very big loss of 50lbs I feel it took the longest to get from a 14 to a 12. I was losing steady, but every time I'd go get new clothes I'd never been able to get a smaller size. Very annoying.

When I got to a 10, it seemed all I needed do was lose 5lbs and BAM I'd be down 1 more size. At 160 I wear a 10. At 140 I wear a 4. There's a ton of sizes between a 10 and a 4 but only a 20lbs difference. And honestly the last 10lbs were really expensive. I've learned to keep 3 sizes of clothes (not all of them, but enough to wear when I have fluctuations).

You are changing, you can see that by your measurements. Keep going - which I'm sure you will. You'll start to notice it soon.

When I began losing weight at 200 lbs and 5'4" I also experienced the same situation you are in. I was losing weight but it was not showing very much and I did not go down in size until 25-30 lbs were lost (from a size 12 to a size 10). The scale was what kept my head in the game because there is no denying that the number was going down. Eventually I could really notice a change in my face as apparently that is where I lose weight most evidently at first. I wish I would have taken measurements along the way because that would have been so satisfying to see the numbers decreasing. I highly recommend you keep doing that! Persevere and eventually the change will be so obvious you will not be able to miss it.

5’7” SW 222, was wearing 22W when I wore clothes with non-elastic waistbands, but honestly, at that size, are any of us wearing anything but elastic?

I didn’t start noticing clothes getting loose til I got under about 185. Instead, of noticing weight loss,though, the clothes I did have, got noticeably more comfortable.

The next thirty pounds I dropped a size every few pounds.

I am now down to 154, and am wearing 4’s. Yeah, got a muffin top but I’ve earned it and I do.not. care. My *kitten* is in those size 4 Lucky Brands,and if you don’t like it, you can kiss it, World.

The belly is the last thing to go down for most of us. Unfortunately, it’s the biggest thing we see. You see that sucker and you can’t see anything else.

“Fat Brain” is a real thing. I can still look in the mirror, see a bulging belly, and my eyes see absolutely no difference between 222 and now, size 22W and size 4.

What helped me, in a weird kind of way, was I discovered my husband had a bunch of photos of me on his phone I didn’t know about. I had so few of my own. Looking at those was an eye opener, but you know what? As soon as I put that phone down, Fat Brain took back over.

Right now, I really worry about getting vain, because I never used to look in the mirror and now I do compulsively; or going the other way and being combatively sweaty and mussed up to prove my hard work to the whole world; or needing reassurance all the time that I look better or different.

Weight loss is downright confusing, and makes me feel a little (no, a LOT) mental. And needy. Needier than I ever was as a fat broad. Sometimes I feel like I’m losing myself in the process. That no one sees me except as a size. Like I was just a broad silhouette on the fringe of things. Like one of those wide projections that get narrower as you focus the lens, and no one could see me til I was in focus. I’m about ready to slug the next person who says “How much....”


Your loss is there, your eyes just don’t register it. If you doubt it, go to the freezer, pull out a roast, and calculate how many roasts you’ve lost. Feel the weight in your hands, and know that it just doesn’t exist for you any more.

You’ve done hella good. Keep it up! You are on the verge of seeing real change.

I've lost 10 kilos, 20cms off my waist, 10cm off my hips. my hips are going to be the last to go unfortunately I have an apron so to speak. I do hope time will tighten it up.

I have 26 weeks of progress photos. I can absolutely see the difference from week 1 to week 26 photos. but everything in between week to week? nope. some weeks I looked slimmer, other weeks bloated. but week 1, week 4, week 8 etc etc there's a fair notable difference. It will take time, much much much more time to see the difference.